Compare Databricks and IBM Cloud Pak for Data 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (44.8% of reviews)
Enterprise (50.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Databricks
Star Rating
(724)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (44.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about DatabricksIBM Cloud Pak for Data
Star Rating
(88)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (50.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about IBM Cloud Pak for DataSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Databricks excels in user satisfaction, boasting a significantly higher overall score compared to IBM Cloud Pak for Data. Users appreciate its comprehensive features, such as Genie and Lakehouse Connect, which streamline data workflows and enhance productivity.
- According to verified reviews, Databricks is praised for its ease of use and setup, with many users highlighting how it simplifies the entire data workflow. In contrast, IBM Cloud Pak for Data, while having an intuitive interface, faces challenges in setup, which some users find less straightforward.
- Users say that Databricks provides a robust environment for data processing and machine learning, with features like the notebook environment that consolidates various tasks into one platform. This integration is a key advantage over IBM Cloud Pak for Data, which, despite its strengths in data management, may require users to navigate multiple tools.
- Reviewers mention that Databricks' Unity Catalog has been a game-changer for enterprise migrations, offering centralized governance and fine-grained access control. In comparison, while IBM Cloud Pak for Data also supports data governance, users have noted that its capabilities may not be as comprehensive as those offered by Databricks.
- Users highlight that Databricks has a strong focus on scalability and performance, with many noting its ability to handle large datasets efficiently. IBM Cloud Pak for Data, while effective in unifying data sources, may not match the same level of performance in high-demand scenarios.
- According to recent feedback, Databricks is recognized for its quality of support, with users reporting responsive assistance and helpful resources. Conversely, while IBM Cloud Pak for Data has a solid support framework, some users feel that the responsiveness could be improved, especially during critical implementation phases.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Databricks
No pricing availableIBM Cloud Pak for Data
No pricing availableFree Trial
Databricks
Free Trial is available
IBM Cloud Pak for Data
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.9
574
8.5
47
Ease of Use
8.9
585
8.1
47
Ease of Setup
8.7
457
7.2
26
Ease of Admin
8.3
183
7.6
27
Quality of Support
8.7
549
8.3
42
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.9
187
8.1
25
Product Direction (% positive)
9.6
562
8.8
47
Features by Category
Reports
8.3
12
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
8.9
14
Not enough data
Data Preparation
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
Data Modeling and Blending
9.0
8
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
Generative AI
9.1
9
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Analytics Platforms
9.3
7
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
9.7
6
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
Self Service
7.7
10
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
8.5
11
Not enough data
8.1
12
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
Deployment & Integration - Analytics Platforms
8.1
7
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics
8.3
11
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
Performance & Scalability - Analytics Platforms
8.8
7
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Analytics & Modeling - Analytics Platforms
9.0
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
8.6
6
Not enough data
Agentic AI Capabilities - Analytics Platforms
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
Personalized Intelligence - Analytics Platforms
9.2
6
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
Building Reports
9.0
148
Not enough data
8.6
143
Not enough data
7.6
123
Not enough data
8.4
145
Not enough data
Customization
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.8
99
Not enough data
8.6
93
Not enough data
9.0
94
Not enough data
8.7
97
Not enough data
Management
8.4
87
Not enough data
8.6
86
Not enough data
8.6
88
Not enough data
8.5
87
Not enough data
8.8
86
Not enough data
Compliance
8.8
98
Not enough data
8.7
92
Not enough data
8.9
94
Not enough data
8.7
94
Not enough data
Security
9.0
86
Not enough data
8.9
85
Not enough data
8.8
86
Not enough data
Data Quality
9.0
94
Not enough data
8.7
93
Not enough data
9.0
93
Not enough data
Maintainence
8.7
85
Not enough data
8.8
83
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.4
82
Not enough data
8.5
81
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Data Governance
8.5
10
Not enough data
8.8
11
Not enough data
9.0
14
Not enough data
8.5
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
9.0
13
Not enough data
Management
8.6
171
Not enough data
8.5
164
Not enough data
Functionality
9.1
173
Not enough data
9.2
174
Not enough data
9.1
172
Not enough data
9.0
167
Not enough data
9.1
167
Not enough data
Deployment
8.9
64
Not enough data
8.9
64
Not enough data
8.9
66
Not enough data
8.9
66
Not enough data
9.0
67
Not enough data
Deployment
8.9
61
Not enough data
8.8
62
Not enough data
8.6
66
Not enough data
8.9
65
Not enough data
9.0
66
Not enough data
Management
9.0
63
Not enough data
8.8
65
Not enough data
9.2
61
Not enough data
8.9
68
Not enough data
Operations
8.7
62
Not enough data
8.8
61
Not enough data
9.0
62
Not enough data
Management
8.8
60
Not enough data
8.7
61
Not enough data
9.1
59
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.3
28
Not enough data
8.3
28
Not enough data
Infrastructure Provision
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
8.3
7
Management
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.1
8
Functionality
Not enough data
8.3
8
System
8.9
180
9.5
11
Model Development
8.8
182
8.3
8
7.9
187
8.5
8
8.3
186
9.1
9
8.7
190
8.8
8
Model Development
8.5
172
8.5
12
Machine/Deep Learning Services
8.2
174
8.7
9
8.5
180
9.4
8
8.3
172
9.6
8
8.2
172
9.0
7
Machine/Deep Learning Services
8.4
158
9.2
8
8.4
160
9.3
7
Deployment
8.5
178
9.3
9
8.7
180
9.3
9
9.0
187
8.9
9
Generative AI
8.2
86
8.3
5
8.4
87
8.3
5
7.6
86
8.3
5
Agentic AI - Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
9.2
8
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.1
8
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
Data Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.3
5
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Data Fabric
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Management
9.0
185
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
180
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
179
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
180
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
167
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
171
|
Verified
Not enough data
Integration
8.8
168
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
166
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
174
|
Verified
Not enough data
Deployment
7.9
156
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
178
|
Verified
Not enough data
Performance
9.1
177
|
Verified
Not enough data
Security
8.8
168
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
168
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.5
76
Not enough data
8.4
75
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Maintenance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Management
9.0
68
Not enough data
8.7
69
Not enough data
8.8
68
Not enough data
9.1
68
Not enough data
Agentic AI - DataOps Platforms
9.1
9
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
Analytics
8.8
67
Not enough data
8.5
67
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
8.6
67
Not enough data
8.6
68
Not enough data
Cloud Deployment
9.0
63
Not enough data
9.0
64
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.9
36
Not enough data
8.9
36
Not enough data
Scalability and Performance - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cost and Efficiency - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration and Extensibility - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security and Compliance - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Usability and Support - Generative AI Infrastructure
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customization - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data and Analytics - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Traffic Management & Performance - AI Gateways
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Governance & Observability - AI Gateways
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Statistical Tool
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.6
7
Data Analysis
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
9.0
7
Decision Making
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Database
8.7
237
Not enough data
8.9
243
Not enough data
9.3
257
Not enough data
Integrations
8.3
220
Not enough data
9.1
258
Not enough data
Platform
9.0
250
Not enough data
8.8
248
Not enough data
9.1
258
Not enough data
Processing
9.0
243
Not enough data
9.0
246
Not enough data
Data Transformation
8.8
226
8.5
27
|
Verified
9.1
232
9.1
15
|
Verified
Connectivity
8.7
206
8.0
23
|
Verified
9.2
230
8.6
22
|
Verified
9.0
220
8.1
25
|
Verified
9.2
230
8.7
24
|
Verified
Operations
8.4
227
8.7
26
|
Verified
8.8
224
8.9
25
|
Verified
8.6
212
8.4
23
|
Verified
8.6
209
8.8
24
|
Verified
9.3
230
8.7
13
|
Verified
Building Reports
9.0
148
Not enough data
8.6
143
Not enough data
7.6
123
Not enough data
8.4
145
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Databricks and IBM Cloud Pak for Data are categorized as Big Data Analytics, Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms, and Generative AI Infrastructure
Unique Categories
Databricks is categorized as DataOps Platforms, MLOps Platforms, Data Governance, ETL Tools, Big Data Processing and Distribution, Analytics Platforms, Data Warehouse, Database Management Systems (DBMS), AI Agent Builders, and AI Gateways
IBM Cloud Pak for Data is categorized as Data Fabric, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Predictive Analytics, and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Databricks
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
15.7%
Financial Services
10.5%
Computer Software
8.6%
Consulting
4.0%
Hospital & Health Care
3.7%
Other
57.5%
Computer Software
12.9%
Banking
8.6%
Information Technology and Services
8.6%
Education Management
5.7%
Financial Services
5.7%
Other
58.6%
Alternatives
Discussions
What is Lakehouse in Databricks?
4 Comments
BR
Lakehouse is a new and open data management architecture solution that combines the best features of the data lake and warehouse.Read more
What are the features of Databricks?
4 Comments
SA
It supports large amount of data with capability to write code in SQL, Spark, Python and R.
In the backend, it stored the data in the parquet file which...Read more
What is Databricks unified analytics platform?
3 Comments
CA
Databricks' Unified Data Analytics Platform helps organizations accelerate innovation by unifying data science with engineering and business. With Databricks...Read more
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